Hi,
I've just setup MySQL Workbench 5.2.25 CE on a PC with windows XP service pack 3 When trying to create a new server instance on the localhost, Workbench ask me for a root password regarding the service. I've have not been asked during the setup process to enter a password for root... leaving the password blank (or even inputting a 'fake' password) leads to the folowing error message :
'Connecting to MySQL server localhost...
Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (10061)'
Using a cmd box and trying to log on mySQL as root (mySQL -u root) I have also the following error : ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
The setup of mySQL went fine and I was not asked for anything... did I something wrong ?